Traveling salesman Aaron Montgomery Ward had founded his mail order firm in 1872 in Chicago. Ward and two partners issued their first catalog that year featuring 163 items. By 1883, the Ward ...

Retail giant Montgomery Ward & Co. has decided to throw in the towel. The company announced plans on Dec. 28 to close its stores and go out of business. The move will affect five East Bay stores ...

Montgomery Ward Inc., the country’s first catalog retailer, said Thursday it will close up shop after 128 years in business and numerous attempts to reinvent itself. Just 18 months after ...

Montgomery Ward Bankruptcy Robert talks with George Whalin, President of Retail Management Consultants, about Montgomery Ward, which announced today that it will shut down and file for bankruptcy ...